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A day at a sword stand

by Carter Revell
(Weyers cave, Va, U,S,A)

In VA near Natural chimeny a year ago they had a medival festival and as I was walking around I saw a sword stand with swords of horriable quality all of them you could find on the internet for about 20-80 bucks but he was selling them 150-400 bucks and the owner had amassed group of 8 to 12 people listening to him and he was holding a katana and he was telling people about the sword first he was asked a question by a kid in the group he asked what could the sword cut through car door myself expecting the man to say no since no sword can CUT THROUGH A CAR DOOR said "yes this sword has been folded 5,000,000 times it could cut a car door clean in half" I almost fell over in disbelief.

And yes he did say the sword was folded 5,000,000 times and the really sad thing was that the group was actually buying it.

By this point I had it and then he added that this sword was custom made and that there are only about 100 in the U.S after he said that I said so that the entire crowd can he me that all the swords that this stand is selling are cheap knock offs and wall hangers and that all of these swords could be easily be found on the internet and left the stand as well most of the group.

After looking on the internet I found the sword he was using and was selling it for $285 when the site I got this from was selling it for $67.95
http://www.martialartssupermarket.com/index.cfm?action=moreinfo&itemid=2169

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Mar 17, 2008
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starstarstarstarstar 		Cut me a break
by: Carter

Cut me a break I'm not the greatest at grammar so sue me it was written also somewhat in a hurry.

p.s complaining about it also makes you seem like a six year old. This is about swords not my grammar
Mar 17, 2008
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starstarstarstarstar 		Punctuation!
by: Anonymous

Do you ever use periods or commas? I sympathize with what you've said, but your grammar and punctuation make your writing look like that of a six year old.
Mar 10, 2008
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by: Steven Janus

This post is written in response to Carter Revell about his medival fair experinece. I went to one recently down here in Florida in Deerfield Beach where I bought my first sword. The stand I bought it from was honest and up front about the swords they sold and the prices were the equivalent of what they went for online. They sold me a nice Paul Chen hand a half blunt European Longsword for about $125 which is what it goes for online. It is carbon steel just like they said and I used it against a few soda cans and a plastic pretzel container. Despite the edge being very blunt, my friend was able to shatter the plastic cap off it with one strong blow. No real damage was done to the sword other than a few scrapes and some metal shavigns came off the blade. Nothing some brass cleaner/ polish could not solve. So not all Medival fair stands will rip you off with junk. I also bought a fine leather belt and frog from another stand for respectable prices again. Just felt I should state this. Nothing agains SMG or SBG however! Because of them I learned about Dark Sword Armory and I have ordered a medival two hander from them after reading multiple reviews and watching the destruction videos. I love this website! Keep up the good work.
Dec 11, 2007
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starstarstarstarstar 		Unbelievable
by: Paul Southren

Wow, what a joker! Folded 5,000,000 times? Lol, poor people watching him who didn't know any better...

Well, hopefully they will learn - but good on you for standing up to his lies! (unless, even sadder, he actually believed his own drivel!).

Ah, well - hopefully those people will one day find SBG, SMG or one of the other informational sites out there. Can only hope...

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